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5 TOLD TO WAIT they applied with partial success to us at the beginning of hostilities. "They are making their decisive ef fort simultaneously on our left and around Verdun. These are the two sections where they do not risk being turned. They also are the two points vital to the Germans, since in the event of success on our part their lines of communication would be placed In danger." CATTLE EPIDEMIC A BEST SELLER- FOR HIS PAY KILLS 111 14 STATES 46 TITE MORNING OREG ONTAN, WEDNESDAT, XOVE5IBER It, 1914. " man NOW The Tale of ' the 6 0 nits President of Quarry Company ' Murdered by Employe to v. Whom $17 Is Due. ONE SHOT REACHES HEART Xa borer Says Wife and Babies Were Starring When He W ent With Re volver to Demand Money. Tragedy Second of Series. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. "My wife has no food and my two babies are starving. He would not pay me my wages." Thus did Joseph Lococo, an Italian laborer, charged with the murder to day of George Gray, president of the Western Development Company and senior member of the firm of Gray Eros., contractors, reply when asked to tell the reason for his act in his cell at the city prison tonight. Lococo, who had not worked for sev eral days because of sickness, went to a stone quarry operated by Gray Eros., the place of his former employ ment, shortly before noon today, and asked Gray for $17 his wages for the week preceding his illness. Two Shots Are Fired. Lococo says he was ignored. He asked again and was told to call on the next regular pay day. . Desperate from want of food for himself .and family. Ixmjoco says, he drew a revolver and fired two shots into the body of his former employer. The first shot pene trated Gray's heart. The second shot hit him in the back as he was falling. Hurling his revolver aside, the slayer dashed away. A policeman off duty was passing in an automobile. He heard the shots and gave chase to the fugi tive, capturing him a block away. The killing of George Gray is the second fatality connected with non payment of wages by the firm of which he was the head. A storm of public indignation followed the shooting of Miss Caroline Brasch. the firm's cash ier, by J. B. Cunningham, who, blinded by fury, killed the unfortunate girl. who was forced by circumstances to re fuse to pay him his wages. State Labor Daren Results. So high did this wave of disapproval rise that as a direct result the State Labor Bureau was formed.- The slayer was adjudged insane. Gray Bros, formerly operated quarry on Telegraph Hill, the first landmark sighted by 'incoming vessels after entering the Golden Gate. Be cause they were making an eyesore of the hill, the firm was ousted by legal action. Many complaints of non-pay ment of wages were recorded during this period of the firms activities. Since his arrest, Lococo has been overcome by emotion, continually sob bing and talking brokenly of his act. "I earned the money." he said; "then I was taken sick. When I got well the boss told me to go to the office on No vember 5. I went and they told me I couldn't have my money until the 28th. But my babies one is 7 months old and the other 18 months and my wife were starving, so I went to the quarry today. Gray wouldn't pay me. I didn't shoot until he made a move at me." ATTACKS PROGRESS SLOWLT German Report Says British Are Be ing Repnlsed. BERLIN. Nov. 10, via London. An official communication issued today by the German army headquarters says: "Our attacks near Ypres- (Belgium) yesterday are progressing slowly. More than 600 French, colored and English prisoners have been taken and several machine guns captured. "Farther south our troops also are advancing, the strong counter attacks of the British forces having been re pulsed. "In the Argonnes the fighting Is progressing favorably, hostile attacks being easily repulsed. BOTH ASYLUMS FILLED BOARD OP COSTROL FAVORS EJf LARGEME.M OE BUILDINGS. Salem and Pendleton Hospitals House lOOO Patients Estimates o In. stltntiona Are Cat. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 10. (Special.) Both state insane asylums being taxed to capacity, the State Board of Control, at a meeting today to fix budgets for the institutions for submission to the Legislature, decided to recommend that a wing costing $100,000 be erected at the Eastern Oregon institution and a wing costing $60,000 be added to the receiving building in Salem. The Eastern Oregon building was provided to take care of the overflow from the Salem institution, particularly the patients committed from the east ern section of the state. More patients now are provided for there than at first intended, but the limit has been reached. The proposed wing will ac commodate about 200. There are more than 1900 patients in the two institutions and the increase yearly is about 200. Superintendents Stelner and McNary figure the propor tion of. insane at about one to evecy 300 or 400 population, the ratio being about the same in all the states, but much less than in several foreign coun tries. Estimates submitted by the superin tendents of the various institutions have been trimmed considerably by the board, and further cuts will be made before the budgets are turned over to the Legislature. . TURKEY MAY, QUIT FIGHT empire Much Depressed and Re- ' pentant, Says Athens. LONDON, Nov. 11. A dispatch from Athens to the Post says: "According to dispatches received here, Turkey is much depressed by the damage already inflicted by Russia and by the unpromising nature of the pres ent situation. She is already repenting her rash adventure and may refrain from further military action." Kentucky Is Added to Quaran tine List and Spread Else ' where Is Noted. OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL Peculiar Virulency of Disease Puz zles Department Proportion of Swine Affected Is Iiarger Than Previously. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Fourteen states are under Federal quarantine be- cause of the foot and mouth disease. Kentucky was added to the list today reports of Infection in that state com ing with news of further spread of the epidemic in Indiana. Ohio and Michigan. Extension of the Infected districts in the Middle West surprised and some' what discouraged officials of the De partment of Agriculture, who had ex pressed the belief that the epidemic had been brought under control in that sec tion. Nevertheless, the hope was con fidently reiterated today that there would be little more spreading. The only state under suspicion now is Mis sissippi, where a strange malady in a herd of cattle at Coma is being investi gated. Department officials said they had been unable to account for the pecu liar virulence of the disease in the present outbreak, the most serious in the country's history. Another thing that is puzzling the experts is the fact that a larger proportion of swine have been affected than in previous epi demics. CHICAGO TO REOPEN" SUNDAY County Unit to Be Used In Enforc ing Quarantine. CHICAGO. Nov. 10. After a thor ough disinfection and cleaning the Chicago - Stockyards will reopen for business next Sunday at midnight, when shipments of livestock from all non-infected districts will be reeeived and the slaughter of animals resumed, In determining infected districts the county will be used as the unit by the Government officials in enforcing quarantine. Under this plan every county in Illinois, Iowa,' Wisconsin and other infected regions where case of foot and mouth disease has ap peared will be prohibited from ship ping livestock into the Chicago Stock yards until further notice. A SHORT story and one quickly told! A leading New York maker of womens fine' tailored suits, had just 60 models and needed the money I had the money and. needed ths msdaU. I made an offer. Result the suits arrived late yes terday afternoon and go oh sale at 9 o'clock this morning many of them at Less Than Wholesale Prices , . Absolutely the smartest suits that have come to Portland in many a day! Suits with the chic, jaunty, short coats that New York women are wearing suits with long coats suits fur trimmed and'suits trimmed with broad bands of braid ! All the popular f ahtrics and colors!- These are models you've not seen before they will all be in one big case in order that you may select more easily. Read these special prices is there anyliing in the whole city that can equal them? Regular $24.50 to $34.50 Suits Regular $39.50 to $44.50 Suits Drastic Reductions Continue on Our Three Great Specials Plain Tailored School Coats For Misses Sizes 14, 16 and 18 $12.50 and $15 Coats . $17.50 and $20 Coats. B $5.00 $7.50 Misses' and Women's almacaans Regular SIO 6.9 Girls'and Misses Peter Thomp son Dresses Sizes 6 to 18 Years $10 Dresses at $4.95 Tlie Entire Third Floor BE,N SELLING Morrison at Fourth An Improved Quinine. The happy combination of laxatives In LAX ATIVE BROMO QUININE makee the Quinine In this form have a far better effect than the ordinary Quinine, and It does not affect the head. Remember the full name and look for signature of E. W. GROVE on box. Price J6c MOTES WITH TURKEY OUT BRITAIN BLAMES VAR MINISTER, "BACKED BV GERMANY." Grand VlWler Admitted Kaiser Did Ut- moat to Compromise Ottoman, Says ' London White Paper. LONDON. Nov. 10 The diplomatic correspondence from the British em bassy at Constantinople relating: the events leading- to the , war with Tur key was Issued tonight in the form of a white paper. The correspondence, which begins August 3 and closes No vember 4, portrays the Grand Vizier as ostensibly striving: to maintain the neutrality of Turkey, but proving no match for his War Minister, Enver Bey, who, "backed by Germany, was determined to force Turkey into a war against the allies. The detention by the British govern ment of the two battleships building for Turkey in England provided Tur key at the outset, according to the white paper, with a grievance, but this soon assumed minor importance com pared with the cruisers Goeben and Breslau. with their German crews. The Grand Vizier, according to a dis patch from the British embassy at Con stantinople, dated August 16, admitted that Germany was doing her utmost to compromise the Turkish government, but gave solemn assurance that Tur key s neutrality would be maintained. This assurance was frequently repeat ed and so impressed the British Am bassador. Sir Louis Mallet, that he wrote to Sir Edward Grey that he was con vinced of the Grand Vizier's absolute sincerity. The Grand Vizier pleaded for more time in which to get rid of the Ger man crews of the Goeben and Breslau and explained that the mobilization of Turkey was due to necessity of avoid ing being surprised . by Bulgaria, but as stated in another dispatch from the Ambassador, Enver Bey had got "en tirely out of hand," and, continued the Ambassador, "I gather that he alone Is responsible for the present situation." The situation, as told in the corre spondence, rapidly became more criti cal, with Enver Bey virtually in con trol. Turkey's preparations for hos tilities became more open and her breaches of neutrality more glaring. All the while the Grand Vizier pro tested his deep regret at the course af fairs had taken and still declared he would do his utmost to "maintain peace. TAXI RULES UP TODAY Commission to Pass on Measure Jic ducingr Fares. Operators of taxicabs and sightsee ing concerns will be on hand in' force this morning at the session of the City Council, at which proposed new emer gency ordinances regulating the fares of the taxicabs and prescribing rules for the control of the taxicab concerns and drivers will be considered. The measures, as proposed, are in tended to reduce some of the rates for taxicab hire and to fix uniform regu lations to povern all concerns. One measure prohibits the showing of fa voritism by any depot or wharf man agement to any one taxicab concern or any one driver. It is aimed to give all concerns an equal chance at the depot and wharf business. . The proposed ordinance is the out come of objections of some of the small concerns and individual owners to their being excluded from the use of the streets immediately in front of the depots or wharves. Several hear ings on conditions have been held by Commissioner Daly. The other measure deals with rules governing the conduct of drivers and the rates to be charged. The principal change in rates over the rates as set forth in the present taxicab rate ordl- nance is a provision' for the charging of not more than 60 cents for the first three-fifths of a mile. The present ordinance fixes the rate at 60 cents for the first half-mile. All taxicabs are required . to be equipped wtih apparatus to show ac curately the distance traveled and the time consumed. For night service the apparatus must be so arranged that it can be seen by taxicab passengers and the taxicab driver must carry a flash light for use before starting on a trip and after reaching the destination. Hammer Stays Attack. Striking solely in self-defense, ac cording to the testimony of three wit- nesses. J. D. Bailey, of T911 Sixtieth avenue. Southeast, dangerously injured Antone Sirolio, a landlord, yesterday afternoon, when he hurled a hammer at his assailant. Jv. section of skull two inches long and an inch wide was taken from above thja left temple of Sirolio at St. Vincent's Hospital last night. "I cannot Understand why the man was not instantly killed by the blow," said Dr. F. . Ziegler, who attended Sir olio. "As It is 1 think he probably will live." Sirolio & lessee of the second floor of the Sacnrmentcf Apartments, at 4924 Union avfcnue. Bailey works in a cream ery on tjhe first floor. An altercation took place shortly before 5 o'clock in f the basement of the building, between Sirolio and Bailey. Bailey's story, sub- stantiated by three witnesses, is that Sirolio picked up an ax and struck at him. Avoiding the first rush. Bailey snatched up a hammer lying on a bench and flung it at Sirolio. It reached . its ' mark and Sirolio dropped unconscious. ' He was taken to the Emergency Hos pital and later removed to St. Vincent's. -He regained consciousness last night, out was very weak. Jacob Wllklns. a Nlacara county N. J. ' farmer, "planted" an ees in the ground near the barn. He watched the spot for three 1ust in time, to find the chirken breaking the shell. The chick Is still alive end crow. .samf.jmmrifij 1$L z -i s t. r- ' - - - . mmmmmm .1 If2te-Z& ijr-ewSOT; b4 It's easy th to the earn tliie new .msec o: th Victrola IV, $15 Oak Victrolao ..V-jS BATTLE BECOMING SIEGE (Continued From First Page.) have just attempted a great effort, the value of which is not underestimated. Not only have they reinforced their fighting units of every kind, but thev have created new army corps, the greater part of which they have sent 10 .Belgium and the North of France. "I consider it remarkable that our forces have done so well against the German effort. Not only we appear to hold our own, but it seems to me that the situation has changed greatly to our advantage during the last month. At the end of September the two armies faced each other along a straight line from Verdun to Com pelgne. Success on our part would only have driven the enemy back a little without leading to any great strategic result. "Today our front is a right angle affecting an enveloping form. This is a maneuver justly cherished by the Germans. It is & maneuver which The Fox Trot and all the other new dancesall played loud and clear and in perfect tune. There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $200 at all Victor dealers. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, N. J. flj Dancing to the music of the Victrola is the fav orite pastime. Everyone enjoys dancing to music of such splendid volume, such clearness and per fect rhythm. . , We have all the best dance records the Fox Trot, Maxixe, Hesitation, One Step, Castle Walk. The ideal place for these new dances is in the home, and there the Victrola is indispensable, as it has made dancing a real home diversion. v If you only knew what pleasure the Victrola brings into your home you wouldn't be without one for a single day. Victrolas $15 to $200 on easiest terms. Steinway Weber and Other Pianos Morrison at Sixth Jfi S ; "VY:' of v r- . . dances, f i t. I exclu- ' -. Ji f .i Mr. and Mr. Vernon Castle, teachers a n greatest exponents the modern use the Victor aively and uperinten the making Victor Dance Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle; dancing the Fox Trot CorrHiht HiB VI Ml i H Opposite Postoffice Pianolas